Chapter 6 – Visiting Pops

Authors Note: As it's been a long weekend I'm giving you an extra chapter :) I just want to thank you all for the great reviews so far. As much as I won't plug for them I do really appreciate the time you take to review :) On with the story!

The rest of the week passed quickly, a case coming in the next day which consumed them both and put any thoughts of her being sick on the back burner. It was a fairly open and shut case, which Booth was grateful for, but it still took it's toll. On the day they caught the murderer Brennan had called him to tell him who the murderer was, but refused to go with him to arrest the suspect, claiming she had a mountain of paperwork to catch up on. He wanted to question her on it, but knew time was off the essence when catching a murderer so he went to make the arrest without her. When he got back to her office afterwards, she was curled up on her couch asleep. He watched her for a little while and then went off to find Angela, to see if he could get any information from her about Brennan's habits that day.

"Hey Ange, got a minute?" Booth asked motioning for Angela to stay seated. He walked over to her couch and sat next to her, admiring that she was still working despite the discomfort she must be feeling. If he had to be honest he'd never seen her look more beautiful and it made him wish he'd get to see Bones heavily pregnant with his child one day.

"For you Booth I do, what's up?" Angela asked grateful to not have to get up. At her last doctor's visit two days ago their obstetrician had told her the baby had engaged and could come at any time. Walking or standing at the moment was extremely uncomfortable, especially when the baby's head pressed against her pelvis. She saw the concern on Booth's face and knew this had to be about Bren, she herself had noticed that the anthropologist was a bit out of sorts, but couldn't figure out why and when she'd tried to talk to Brennan about it, she'd shrugged it off, saying she was just tired from everything that had happened recently.

"Bones is asleep in her office, she never sleeps during the day, something is going on with her but I can't figure it out and every time I ask she just says it's because of the strain of the last few weeks, I'm worried about her" Booth told Angela, hoping she'd be able to give him some insights. He wanted to suggest Bones see a doctor, but other than being a bit more tired than normal she wasn't exhibiting any other symptoms. Taking things easier didn't seem to be making much of a difference, he'd convinced her to go home no later than 7pm every night that week and she'd been asleep before 10pm every night. Maybe Sweets would have an idea how to help her.

"I've noticed she's been more tired than usual, but she keeps shrugging it off to me too Booth, maybe Sweets would be better to talk to, if this is emotional he might be able to help more, how is she sleeping at night?" Angela asked shifting on the lounge a little as the baby began stretching and rolling inside her, she only hoped it would stay off her bladder for the moment so she could continue her conversation with Booth.

"She's been asleep by 10pm every night, and she's slept well, she hasn't had a nightmare in at least a week that I've noticed, it's been four weeks since Vincent's death and she was having nightmares almost every night for a while there, but they've lessened recently" Booth said and wondered if that was the issue. He'd forgotten how much her nightmares took out of her and even though she hadn't noticed he'd been awake for every one of them. He'd wrap his arms around her, stroke her face and calm her down and she'd drift back to sleep in a few minutes but he knew every time she went into a REM state she wasn't sleeping deeply and that had to have taken a toll.

"Well maybe it's just that, what have you got planned this weekend?" Angela asked Booth making a decision to go and see if she could have another chat with her stubborn friend. If the exhaustion was due to the emotional roller coaster she'd been on recently then she was going to do her best to talk Brennan into speaking to Sweets about it.

"Other than seeing Pops we have nothing planned, I don't have Parker until next weekend so I was planning to try and make it as relaxing a weekend as possible, the romantic in me wants to celebrate our one month anniversary, but I think that might be a bit much for her" Booth told Angela sheepishly, he was really that kind of romantic guy and every time he thought about the fact that he was now with the woman of his dreams he just wanted to shout it to the rooftops, but he knew that Bones wasn't like that and compromise was necessary in relationships, he didn't think she'd have a problem celebrating their bigger anniversaries but would probably find celebrating the first month they were together a bit foolish.

"You are such a sweet man, I am so glad you two have finally gotten together" Angela told Booth tears welling in her eyes as she cursed her hormones.

"Thanks Ange and how are you feeling?" Booth asked noticing that Angela had squirmed a fair amount on the lounge while they'd been talking and knowing the baby was due in a matter of days he felt for her. She looked uncomfortable and he hoped she didn't go over her due date, he could only imagine how Hodgins was feeling at this stage.

"Oh like an overstuffed turkey! I am so ready to have this baby" Angela told Booth smiling as she watched her husband walk into the room.

"Hey man, another murderer behind bars thanks to Dr B's brilliance" Hodgins said clapping Booth on the shoulder before he went to take a seat on the other side of Angela.

"Yeah she always manages to come up with the goods" Booth replied proudly, thinking of how Bones had found the crucial piece of evidence to lock away the murderer yet again. He'd told her once that cops solve murders not squints, but he now conceded that he was wrong. Without Bones and her team of squints he would not have the solve rate that he did and he would never have been made head of Major crimes. He owed a lot to them all and knew he didn't always let them know that.

"She sure does man, so Ange now that the murderer's been caught think we could take off early, get you home and into some comfortable clothes, order some takeaway and chill?" Hodgins asked knowing he wouldn't have to work too hard to convince his wife to leave early.

"Sounds great, hey Booth do you and Bren want to come over for dinner?" Angela asked, thinking it might be a great opportunity to talk to Brennan about her tiredness and the toll the last few weeks had taken on her.

"I'll ask, but I'm hoping to convince Bones to go home early too and then tomorrow we are going to go see Pops" Booth said thinking he should make his escape and try and convince Bones to go home, if she wanted to do paperwork they could bring it home with them, he had an urge to pamper her again and wanted to give into that urge while Bones seemed amenable to it.

"Is Dr B okay? I noticed she's asleep in her office, I haven't seen her do that in a while" Hodgins asked concerned for his friend. Of all the people in the lab, Brennan understood him the best, sometimes even more than Angela did, she understood the scientist in him and when she was hurting he felt protective of her, like an older brother even though they were roughly the same age.

He was glad she had Booth now, even though he was still a little pissed at the way Booth had treated her during his relationship with Hannah, he was willing to let that go if Booth treated Brennan right. If he didn't sniper, FBI agent or no, he'd be having words with him and letting him know that no one hurts Dr B and gets away without a lecture from him. He thought back to the conversation he had with Booth after he'd found out that Booth had introduced Hannah to his son. He'd seen through their relationship immediately and he'd been disappointed in Booth for doing what he was doing.

Flashback

"Booth! Can I talk to you for a minute" Hodgins had called out when the agent had turned to leave from drinks at the Founding Fathers to celebrate a closed case. Booth had turned around a bit impatiently and motioned for them to take a seat at a table away from the bar. He'd watched Brennan and Angela leave just minutes ago and was now anxious to get home to Hannah who was waiting on him to get home. They'd been living together for a month now and knew she'd be awake waiting for him to make love to her when he got home.

"Make it quick, I've got to get home" Booth had told Hodgins grumpily wondering what the bug man wanted. He looked into his serious face and groaned feeling a lecture coming.

"Booth, I know what you are doing and I'm not happy, you're hurting Dr B and it's not right!" Hodgins had started defensive of Brennan immediately. He'd known about what happened with them before they'd left for Afghanistan and Maluku, Brennan had actually confided in him, something that had shocked him, but he knew he was the only person other than Booth & Angela that understood her, and sometimes he got her more than they did because he could understand her rational thinking.

"She rejected me Hodgins, I told her I would move on, this is me moving on!" Booth had said angrily, what right did Hodgins have telling him what he should do with his life. Bones had told him no, that she couldn't change and he'd told her he'd move on, he'd warned her, what right did she have to be hurt about his relationship with Hannah.

"Booth, man you know her, you know she doesn't work as fast as you do emotionally, you gave her 5 seconds to decide if she wanted to be with you and then when she couldn't you gave up on her, she's hurting Booth, really bad and all you are doing is flaunting Hannah in her face, everywhere she looks Hannah is there, when was the last time you did anything with just Dr B?" Hodgins had asked, his voice getting a little louder as he defended Brennan, he couldn't believe how callous Booth was being about this.

"What happens between Bones and me, stays between us! I can't believe she talked to you about this, who else has she told?" Booth had yelled, anger flooding his system as he thought about that night, when Bones had rejected him. How he'd waited for her to write to him when she was in Maluku and she hadn't. She'd given up on him, why was he the one getting berated, just because he'd come back with a girlfriend?

"She has a right to talk to whoever she wants about things Booth, I understand why she rejected you and believe me since she's gotten back from Maluku she's regretted it, but Booth you know her, you should have waited for her, not brought back some Blonde bombshell to wave in front of her, I know what you are doing, and involving Parker in your scheme, that was low man, I can't believe you did that to her! I can see nothing I say is going to make a difference but Booth, I thought you were better than that, I hope you are happy because you are crushing her and I won't stand by and watch you do that to her" Hodgins had yelled, standing up and pushing Booth with all the strength he had. He grabbed his coat and walked out of the bar, shaking his head in disgust at what he'd witnessed. He vowed that day that he would do all he could to help Dr B, and that when Booth's relationship with Baghdad Barbie as Angela was calling her ended, he would not be supporting him.

End Flashback

Shaking his head a little as the memory cleared he turned his attention back to Booth and what he'd been saying. He'd missed the first part, but could read the clear worry on his friends face and decided he'd have a talk with Dr B when he got a chance. As he thought over Brennan's symptoms he smiled as it all fell into place. The tiredness, the slight mood swings, not being able to stomach certain foods, he was surprised that Angela hadn't figured it out yet, having experienced those same symptoms herself only 8 months ago.

"I should go wake up Bones and get her to go home, have a great weekend you two and call me, if you go into labour Ange, Bones is going to want to be the first one there" Booth said smiling at the artist as her hand immediately went to her abdomen.

"We will G Man, now go get Bren to go home, and say hi to Hank for us" Angela said ushering Booth out of the room. He quickly walked over to Brennan's office and saw that she was still sleeping, deeply from what he could see. He walked over to the couch and brushed her hair gently from her eyes and then kissed her cheek, smiling as her eyelids fluttered open.

"Booth, what are you doing here?" Brennan asked as she rubbed sleep from her eyes and blinked up at him. A quick glance to the clock on her desk showed it was 4.30pm and she was shocked to realise she'd slept for almost two hours. She'd been doing paperwork and had almost fallen asleep at her desk. Conceding to the exhaustion she was feeling she'd decided it wouldn't hurt to take a nap and figured Booth would at least be happy with her decision. She'd fallen asleep almost immediately not waking until Booth had walked in to wake her up.

"I wanted to see if you needed help with that paperwork, but I think we should get you home and bring it with us" Booth said, hoping his no argument tone would get her to agree with him.

"I should stay and finish it, I didn't realise I'd slept so long" Brennan argued, feeling a bit guilty for wasting two hours with a nap.

"Nonsense Bones, I'm sure Cam wouldn't mind you taking it home, and so long as we complete it over the weekend, it should be fine" Booth tried again hoping she wouldn't continue to argue with him.

"I feel guilty, I've just slept for almost two hours, I should keep working" Brennan argued, as tempted as she was to go home, she had duties to attend to and paperwork wasn't her only duty.

"Dr Brennan, I've told Angela and Hodgins they can leave early for the day, I've sent the interns home early too, and I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off, as your Boss I'm requesting you take the afternoon off too, this was a difficult case and I think we all earned an early start to the weekend" Cam said ducking her head into the office, and then walking out again not allowing Dr Brennan to come back with a retort.

"Look at that Bones, no excuses now, let's go!" Booth said not believing his luck and decided he would send Cam some flowers for that little manoeuvre. He ushered Bones out of the building and spent the rest of the night convincing her to let him pamper her, knowing tomorrow's visit with Pops could be stressful for her, even though he knew the outcome was most likely going to be positive.

The next day they arrived at Pops residence around 11am, both of them had slept in a little due to their late night lovemaking. Bones had experienced a nightmare and consoling her had led to them making love for the next few hours. They'd drifted off to sleep again around 3am and neither had woken until about 9am when his stomach started rumbling making her giggle. He would never get over hearing her giggle, it was such a unboneslike think for her to do. He'd made her breakfast and then shuffled them both out of his apartment and off to see Pops.

"Shrimp! It's about time you and Temperance came for a visit" Hank had called out breaking him out of his musing. He'd felt Bones grip his arm tighter as they'd walked over to Pops and he wrapped an arm around her trying to reassure her.

"So, you two have finally gotten your act together, I'm so happy for you both" Hank exclaimed, taking Temperance into a hug sensing her nervousness and wanting to assure her of his happiness for them straight away. He'd been waiting for this day for years, he'd known from the minute he'd met Temperance that she was the one for his grandson. He just wished both of them weren't so stubborn, and even he'd been disappointed in Booth when he'd come back with Hannah from Afghanistan. When Booth had told him what he'd done after he'd told Temperance of his feelings for her, he'd wanted to berate him and push him to go back to her and undo the damage he'd done, but he'd kept quiet, figuring Seeley would come around eventually and realise what he needed to do to make things right. By the time he'd realised that wasn't going to happen it was too late.

"Thank's Pops" Booth said as Hank let go of Temperance and took his grandson into a big hug. As disappointed as he was in Seeley at that time, he was happy to see them together now, he could see the happiness practically radiating off both of them and it made his heart burst with pride for both of them.

"Now, lets go and get some coffee and you can tell me about how all of this happened" Hank said ushering them both into the visitors lounge. He waved to a couple of his lady friends and then got them all seated at one of the tables, grabbing onto Temperance's hand as they sat down.

"Sweetheart, I can tell this has been a big change for you, how are you holding up?" Hank asked looking at his grandson's partner and smiled at her, hoping to continue to reassure her that he was happy they were together.

"It's been difficult, I- I... lost an intern just before Booth and I decided to give a relationship a chance, and between that and the emotional changes I've experienced since his death, I find I'm drained most of the time, I thought I'd regain some of my energy by now, but I haven't" Brennan admitted, she'd always found Hank easy to talk to, but she was still surprised that she'd admitted so much.

"Seeley, go get us some coffee, I'd like to talk to Temperance alone for a little while" Hank told Seeley, watching as he nodded and went to go get the coffee.

"How far along are you sweetheart and does my Grandson know?" Hank asked, seeing the shock on Temperance's face and smiled, he already knew his grandson was a great father and would be overjoyed to be a father again, but he sensed that Temperance was not as sure about her ability to parent as his grandson. He knew she was going to make a great mother, and knew she'd keep his grandson honest. She was a pistol that one.

"I – I'm not sure, I haven't taken a test and I didn't want to say anything to Booth until I was sure" Temperance told him, wondering how he'd known, when she'd only admitted the possibility to herself a couple of days ago and her only real persistent symptom was the tiredness.

"I'm sorry if I startled you, but I've always had a sense about these things, I knew before my wife did and Seeley's mother when she was pregnant with each of the boys, they hated it" Hank told her, laughing at the memories. He took her hand into his and squeezed it reassuringly.

"You are going to be a great mother Temperance, my boy is very lucky to have you, and don't worry I won't tell Seeley, but you might want to do that test soon, he's going to be very happy" Hank told her, reading all of her fears in her expression. He squeezed her hand again and looked over to see Seeley approaching them with the coffee.

"Pops, you better not be grilling my girlfriend" Booth warned his grandfather jokingly setting down the three cups of coffee onto the table. He squeezed Brennan's shoulder and pressed a kiss onto her cheek, and felt her tremble a little at his touch.

"You okay Bones?" He asked a little concerned, he was only joking but Bones looked shaken by something. He placed his hand on hers and squeezed it, and placed a gentle kiss on her lips hoping his grandfather hadn't really been grilling her. He knew they'd talked about something serious, known it the moment Pops had asked him to go get coffee. He'd delayed his return to ensure they had the time to talk that they'd needed. Pops had obviously seen something in her that had made him need to talk to her privately, and he wondered what it was.

"Yes, I believe so, thank you for getting the coffee" Brennan replied, wanting to kiss him again to reassure him that everything was fine, but not wanting to go overboard in front of Hank.

"Good, so Pops how's the ladies treating you, who are you crocheting with now?" Booth asked, sensing Bones' need for a change in subject and decided his grandfather deserved a bit of ribbing.

They chatted amicably for a couple of hours, talking about work and Parker, Brennan talking excitedly about a science fair she'd assisted Parker in, and his enrichment program at the Jeffersonian. Booth loved listening to his partner talk about his son and it made him long for next weekend when his son would be with them. He couldn't wait to spend the weekend with Parker, and was thinking of asking Bec if he could have Parker one night during the week he didn't have Parker so they could spend some more time together.

When they went to leave Hank took Temperance into another long hug and quietly reminded her that she shouldn't wait to find out, she promised him that she wouldn't and he believed her. He hoped that by their next visit they'd be telling him he was going to be a grandpa again. He watched them walk off hand in hand and smiled, thinking that all was now right in the world now that they were finally together.

Okay that was a fairly long chapter, I got sidetracked by Hodgins! Next up is the case from The Change in The Game, so we get to meet Baby Hodgins and the revelation of Brennan's pregnancy. There will be a cute little scene between Hodgins and Brennan, as he's figured it out too. Until next time people :)